Sofa or davenport bed.



.U. S. HENDERSUNI SOFA 0R DAVENPORT BED.- PPPPP OATION FILED APR. 8, i914.

1,111,451 Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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I my [Alva/V for operating a swirl 'gbackt ,throw it is a view in elevation-ofthe end of the "bed with the end membergor standard, removed I is-a transverse'section on the linem' w Fig; 1

of the two u'sualfend members or main supedge .of the frame The characters 13, and designateredie or main sections ofjthe folding bed frame which are opera'tedby suitable detially as in the -United,States fpatent to here because they dopnotkconstitute a part of the present invention.

struction a feati sisting ofa. lever; 21pivoted at 22011 a part of the base or frame 10, said lever having at the extremity of its upper armalateral inward'ly extending bearing'23, said lever also 1 's, injt e 1. 25? o raa ele ae Ohim hay ein nted a'certain new "The bj ts of the r n ib l ar pr 1101- pal lyl twofold, first; 'to iprovid'e' means for locking together the members of outer bed sections and. second to prov e means forward and lock it w "efi thebed'is folded.

I Th invention i emh fiifieliethefeea hereifipeaicuiariy shown 'anddescrihicli In the accompanying drawing Fi'g ure 1 so as to expose themechanism. In this View thebed is s'hownfa's opened. Fig. 2 is a: similar View showing thebedclosed, much of the mechanism being omitted to avoid confusion and for the sake of 'clearness. Fig. 3

1. Fig. 4 isa detail in cross section of. a crank on the outer section locking device.

.In-the views l l' designatesthe farther one porting standardsfin' such structures, said members being connectedby and supporting the usual stationary frame 10. To the front 10 is hinged at 12 the seat frame 12. c

spectively the regular inner, outer and midvices connected with the seatframe substan- Sharp and Pease, No. 1,009,444," dated November 21511911 ,and require no description There is also in the present conshown in the-aforesaid :LPease No. 13,612, conreissued patent,

w-H- struetl n; also de e '3 S fu lj saol sta wearer bin; off. that me 10 alt-2. er the en ,or that fframefdepresses the P e 1am r t h 24 and aids in liftin seat n said, reis ued paten f'lhei presenti l fi leirer pivoted are a the eiia the seat frame and operated by a 1i 13:30 substarrtially as set forth iirsaid lr issued nt e pr se ted" true on "infee t ia 16 eta-linking s egacaiegi -the"section 31 that is operated by a link 3.?

-' tpjetja hd at at" an le wen-d bed frame' sectron 31Lwhen the latter is extended as shown and set forth in said patent.

In the present instance the bed frame section 31 is latched to the bed section 15 by means of two latch levers 35 each pivoted at 36 on an end bar of the frame section- 31 to swing parallel to said section, ,said -latch lever having a notch 35 in the end of its 1.

longer arm to engage a headed pin 40 (shown in section in Fig. 1.) on the end bar ofthe section 15. The latchlevers 35 are each engaged by crank arms 41 at the ends/of a rock shaft 42 journaled in bearings 43 on an angle bar 3l connected to the end bars of the bedsection 31.. Also securedto said In closing 45 designates the back of the davenport,

said back being hinged at its upper portion as seen at 46. The lower corners of the back are each provided with a slotted extension 47. Pivoted at-48 on the frame member 10 is a lever 48 having at its uppermost end a pin 49 engaging the slot of the slotted extension 'Copies o f jtliispatent may be obtainedjgfo fiire cents eaoh} bieddfessingit he (loni'niis sioner oi l at ehts,

4:7. The lower end of the lever has ate ly proj cting p -1: h backgw hen the bed is opened,-gravitates'-to Verticalpositionand throws the lower endof the lever 48 upward. On the lower side bf'th'sa't bed strikes the pin 50 and throws thelower portion of the back inward as will be ap} parent by a comparison of Figs. 1 and 2. In fullyielosing the seat the lowerfe'nd of the projeeting rnenib'er 51 passes the pin 50 and owing'to the relative position of the 'piVot the parts forms a lock to prevent-any nioveinent of the back, the same being'held inithefl osition it isdesired it should occupy when the seat is closed. The forms of the parts can be varied without de'pai'til'igfrom the gist of the invention as claimed. 1

Whatlclaimis; v I I III 'afolding bed, the combination with folding bed sections, the outermost ofwhich isv provided with a pair of latching arr'ns adapted 'to engage the'oontiguous bed section, a'i'ack shaft having cranksftoengage v aid glatching alims fll'ld a spring operating washington, QC. j

on to hold the latohing arnis in latching positions a .2. Ina folding bed} th cbn b'ina't'ion with folding bed sections, the outermost of which is- 'providedwitha pair of latching arms adapted to engage the} contiguous bed seo- 'tions, a rock shaft havingleranks Z1301 engage I said latching arms, and a spring o oe ratii1g; on the "rock shafttoho1d the latching armsin latching position, said rock shaft also hajVjing a-thu nb piec'e "fox-operating the same to a Cause the e] ease. of said'latohing' arms.

a 3. Infla folding .bed having aninwa dlyfolding seat, the combinationof a swinging back, a slotted extensionthereonya leve 'fengaging at one end said slotted extension, and means on the seat acting directly on Q the other end of said leyer for throwing, ithe lower 'po 'tionfof; the fbaokffoi'wai'd'; said means also adapted to'lock said leveran'dthe back in .a position to whichit istln ownfforward y g A J. GLH LS q 7 BE JAMI FINCKEI). 

